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A Bacterium's Super Powers

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, photos of pelicans,...
June 2020
A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.
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Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

In morphology there is no such thing as insignificant detail; each observation,...
September 2019
Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...
July 2018
Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
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Seaside Lichens

Very few plant species can survive close to the ocean, where pounding surf fills...
August 2015
Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

One of the ocean's tiniest organisms often does the most harm. Microscopic algae...
March 2014
Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...
July 2013
The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

Marine parasites may be small in size, but they can be present in very high numbers...
December 2012
Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition)

How do you make science sing? Just ask a couple of female scientists to sing about...
July 2012
Fish swimming in waters of Bay Islands, Honduras
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Improving Grades for the Mesoamerican Reef

Report cards are useful in school because they help students and teachers keep...
March 2018
Cartoon t-shirts with got plankton.
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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. A jumble of syllables akin to a complicated...
March 2018
Jeweler Palovi Baezar with her first set of lionfish earrings, which she made in the summer of 2013.
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When Life Gives You Lionfish…

It was the summer of 2013, and Phil Karp was staring at a dead lionfish. Earlier,...
July 2017
A view out of the tiny window of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible.
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How Methane Fueled a Food Web after the Gulf Oil Spill

In August 1994, Mandy Joye dove to the deep sea in a submersible for the first...
January 2015

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